Autocracy and Redistribution

The Politics of Land Reform

By:

Michael Albertus

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Hardback

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics

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When and why do countries redistribute land to the landless? What political purposes does land reform serve, and what place does it have in today's world? A long-standing literature dating back to Aristotle and echoed in important recent works holds that redistribution should be both higher and more targeted at the poor under democracy. Yet comprehensive historical data to test this claim has been lacking. This book shows that land redistribution - the most consequential form of redistribution in the developing world - occurs more often under dictatorship than democracy. It offers a novel theory of land reform and develops a typology of land reform policies. Albertus leverages original data spanning the world and dating back to 1900 to extensively test the theory using statistical analysis and case studies of key countries such as Egypt, Peru, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe. These findings call for rethinking much of the common wisdom about redistribution and regimes.

Author Biography:

Michael Albertus is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. His research interests include redistribution, political regime transitions and regime stability, politics under dictatorship, clientelism, and conflict. Albertus' most recent work has been published in journals such as the British Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, Comparative Political Studies, Economics and Politics and Comparative Politics. He has also conducted extensive field research throughout Latin America.

Release date NZ

September 15th, 2015

Author

Michael Albertus

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

12 Halftones, unspecified; 31 Line drawings, unspecified

Pages

320

Series

Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics

Dimensions

158x235x24

ISBN-13

9781107106550

Product ID

23087004

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